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Download full textCountryman, June; Zinck, Andrew – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2013
Concerned about the success rate of new students in our program we designed and implemented a compulsory set of experiences which aim to support students in their transition from high school to university by (1) developing their sense of belonging to a community of learners and by (2) articulating with them the interrelationships among their first…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Freshmen, College Faculty
Wilcox, Susan; Leger, Andy B. – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2013
In this paper we report on research we conducted to begin the process of identifying threshold concepts in the field of postsecondary teaching. Meyer & Land (2006) propose that within all disciplinary fields there seem to be particular "threshold concepts" that serve as gateways, opening up new and previously inaccessible ways of…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Higher Education, Concept Formation, College Faculty
Steele, Astrid; Ashworth, Elizabeth L. – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2013
As teacher educators, we help prepare elementary generalist teacher-candidates (TCs) for traditional classrooms. In those classrooms, subjects are often taught in isolation rather than as integrated concepts and this practice is reflected in the program at the university where we teach art and science education. Because the world is…
Descriptors: Integrated Activities, Art Education, Science Education, Preservice Teacher Education
Parr, Cynthia; Woloshyn, Vera – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2013
The primary purpose of the study described here was to document the first author's experiences delivering a repertoire of evidence-based comprehension strategies in context of a first-year university course. We first provide an overview of the literature related to students' transition into the postsecondary environment, arguing for the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Strategies, College Freshmen, College Faculty
Direct linkColley, Binta M.; Bilics, Andrea R.; Lerch, Carol M. – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2012
The ability to think critically is an important trait of all members of society. With today's multinational, multicultural, complex issues, citizens must be able to sift through large amounts of various data to make intelligent decisions. Thinking critically must be a focus of higher education in order to provide the intellectual training for its…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Critical Thinking, Fundamental Concepts, Reflection
Carter, Lorraine M.; Brockerhoff-Macdonald, Bettina – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2011
The findings outlined in this paper are the result of focus groups conducted with faculty at a mid-sized Ontario university. These nine faculty, all of whom have received awards of excellence from their university for their teaching, shared their insights about how they developed as teachers over time. More specific topics explored were as…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Continuing Education, Foreign Countries, Focus Groups
